In this course, classical Japanese language is studied using a wide range of Japanese texts. Prerequisites: AS/JP 3000 6.00 or equivalent; permission of the department.Course Credit Exclusions: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/JP 4010 6.0; AS/JP 4800B 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004).
Readings in unannotated original essays and articles on current issues taken from periodicals; interpretation, translation, summarization and discussion of readings enable students to use a wide variety of Japanese materials independently. Recognition of Characters for Daily Use (1,945).Prerequisite: AP/JP 3000 6.0 or equivalentCourse credit exclusions: Prior TO FALL 2009: AS/JP 4000 6.0
This course serves as an introduction to Chinese classical language-- a bearer of Chinese traditional thoughts, philosophy, literature, arts, and culture in general. Selected readings are works by masters of ancient Chinese philosophy, and by historians, poets and essayists, which display a variety of styles of Classical Chinese. Students will be introduced to basic Classical […]
This course examines the major works of Eileen Chang, one of the greatest modern Chinese writers of the twentieth-century. Students learn to analyze her short stories, prose, and novels, as well as their recreations into various media in the socio-historical and geopolitical context of the modern and contemporary Chinese society. All texts are available in English. […]
This course examines the impact of Christianity and Christian culture on modern Chinese culture and society since the early twentieth century. Through the analysis of selected works written by novelists, scholars, theologians and church leaders, students will gain insights into the complex relationship between Christian culture and Chinese society as a whole and the role […]
The course is an introduction to modern Chinese literature from 1900 to the present, concentrating on fiction but including also poetry, prose essays and drama, both in Chinese and English translation. The course explores the development and variety of the literature over the period. Emphasis will be given to how the change has affected both […]
The course studies Chinese-American literature from the late nineteenth century to recent times, focusing on fiction and biography in English (or Chinese). It examines literary development, its representative writers and works, which are characterized by cultural, linguistic, ethnic, and national hybridity. Both literary qualities and socio-historical values of the works will be explored and analyzed […]
This course provides students from diverse majors with a general overview of the connections between language and society in Korea and investigates how the language has reflected the dynamics of Korean society throughout its history. In particular, we examine language use in broad social, cultural and historical contexts and discuss how the language interacts with […]
This course studies Chinese-Canadian literature from as early as the 1890 to contemporary times, focusing mainly on fiction but including also poetry, prose essays, and drama both in English and Chinese. While examining these works' artistic qualities, it explores diasporic topics of social and cultural identity, the interaction between traditional roots and the new environment, […]
Post-Mao China has witnessed a great deal of ideological, economic, and social change in the past two decades. Of the various kinds of art that mirror these changes, "new wave" text-based works and film have sparked the hottest debates and most successfully depicted the implications of these changes for personal life and society at large. […]